I’d like to know if you’re also going to replace my work van. None of those options is anywhere near large enough; though one will do to replace the ordinary-driving car. I did pick one, though I actually couldn’t tell for sure without at least sitting in it.
I vaguely remembered vogueing from the Madonna era, and was surprised that the current meaning is the same as it was in the '90s. I did not know that it was a song, rather I had the idea that it referred to some kind of posing. Probably by poseurs.
It was impossible to answer the EV poll. None of those vehicles have any substantial cargo space, most seemed to have very low ground clearance, and none had 4WD. And AWD is not the same. AWD will not keep you from bottoming out in soft sand on a beach twenty miles from the nearest other human. I’m not as worried by the high-tech aspects as some, but it will take time to prove to me that all that electronic stuff will stand up to salt spray and driving in 2" of surf.
I could hike a mile or three to get on a bus, but it wouldn’t take me anywhere that I want to go. A horse would work better, though it would severely limit the distance I travel.
@WildaBeast, after you make sure everyone has an electric vehicle, are you going to make sure there are enough charging stations for everybody, and update the grid to generate all the extra power that will be needed?
The whole EV concept sounds nice, but we’re still many years away from an infrastructure that can handle an all-electric car culture.
(That said, I’ll take the BMW.)
The EV I would like, the Ford Lightning, is wildly out of the price range of the OP, and I would never buy it given the cost…but I would certainly like one.
We get a lot of stuff delivered to the house. It occurred to me some time ago that maybe it’d be nice to put out some cold waters and some snacks for them, but I didn’t actually do it until like a month ago. All the smiles, thumbs up, and waves at my front door camera tell me it was a good idea.
Nope. It’s just supposed to be a fun poll to see what everyone’s favorite EV is. I just framed the question the way I did because it amuses me.
During the height of the pandemic, we were getting a lot of deliveries from various places. We put a little table outside our door with some drinks and snacks. To thank them for their hard work during those difficult times.
We stopped that maybe a year ago.
I leave a cooler full of waters by the front doon for hot days. I’ve often gotten thank you notes from various deliverers.
How do you all know when a delivery is likely? Some days we get one or two, some days none.
If it’s a day ending in"y", we’re likely to get something.
I hadn’t answered the EV poll, because nothing under $60,000 looks that desirable. Then I had a thought and selected:
The Lyriq is closest to $60,000 and I would immediately trade it in plus my own cash for a Model S.
I intensely dislike driving and will usually do whatever I can to avoid it.
Thanks! All I could come up with is You Need a Baby. I should have guessed a budget makes a lot more sense!
Saurce? Source?
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HP or Daddies?
You know, I believe that is genuine bullshit. Not that I am accusing you in particular of spreading the fertilizer, but it sounds exactly like naysaying. It looks to me like EV growth and infrastructure improvements are close to be apace. People really do want these things, and cities and counties seem interested in accommodating people. The drop-in-right-now condition would not work, but we seem to be properly moving that way. I wish I could live long enough to see it (and that it will happen before our ecological collapse).
I don’t specifically believe that clams are happy, but maybe they are. How would we tell?
If clams in general are able to be happy, though, I bet most modern-day clams aren’t. The water’s not very clean, and a lot of it’s the wrong temperature.
I think @eschereal is right in that the charging infrastructure is moving in the right direction, but sadly @Wheelz may be correct in terms of power generation not moving fast enough. We’ve got a lot of open area (dead-ish malls for example) that we could make use of for a much greater charging infrastructure, but the lead up time on zoning, impact, and approval (not to mention investment) in clean power always seems to be slow.
But as the rate of PHEV and BEV adoption increase, I hope and expect that the needed power grid improvements will get the go-ahead and start breaking ground sooner than later.
Although I tend to think that with current charging plans being predominantly for at-home overnight charging when the grid has a great deal more slack, that we will be able to stagger along even in the meantime. Not 100%, but well enough.
Maybe more in your neck of the woods than in mine. If you magically appeared an EV in my driveway, I wouldn’t know where or how to charge it.